On a related note, you’re able to insure your cars in case other players steal them. You wouldn’t want to lose that heavily modified, custom Cheetah you spent thousands of in-game dollars and lots of time tricking out, would you?

Stealing people's rides and their money too with implications for them sounds cool.

If something bad happens and you’re killed, your wallet will just be lying there, on your corpse, ripe for anyone to come along and pluck it out of the pool of your blood. You’ll need to stop at one of the many ATMs scattered around the city in order to deposit – and thus secure – your earnings. Fortunately, places like Ammu-Nation and real-estate brokers accept debit cards, so you won’t need to extract massive stacks of cash from the ATM in order to make big purchases.

Possible dumb question as I haven't played anything online in ages. I assume that the online version is console dependent ie. if you're playing online on an Xbox then you're only playing online with other XBox users, not anybody playing from any console?

Good spot on the bikes in that vid. I loved the bikes in San Andreas and was disappointed by their absence in the last instalment. I'd hoped for courier challenges and races through crowded Liberty City streets.

Just wondering if anyone's excited about the bike racing there'll be in there? Any way I might wait a couple of months before buying for my console, to let the price die down. Last thing is that by looks of it the multilayer will be very good so I wouldn't worry about missing all the action if you don't buy early.

Competitive Cycling
On the west coast, you’re not only judged by your car, but also by your expensive exercise gear. A bicycle that costs $10,000? Why not? Delude yourself in tight shorts and tap shoes while yelling at pedestrians for getting in your way.